Recent Research on Small Schools

Here are references for some of the more recent studies and
literature reviews on small schools:

Small Schools, Great Strides:A Study of New Small
Schools in Chicago, a book-length study on Chicago's
small-schools movement, by Patricia A. Wasley, Michelle Fine, Matt
Gladden, Nicole E. Holland, Sherry P. King, Esther Mosak, and Linda
C. Powell, published in 2000 by the Bank Street College of Education
in New York City. The study is available online at http://www.bankstreet.edu/html/news/releases/smschool.html.

Craig B. Howley and Robert Bickel have produced numerous studies
on small schools. The authors synthesize their research in "When it
Comes to Schooling ... Small Works," a report published by the Rural
School and Community Trust Policy Program in February 2000. It's
available online at www.ruraledu.org/sapss.html.

"Current Literature on Small Schools," published by the U.S.
Department of Education's ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and
Small Schools in January 1999, by Mary Anne Raywid. Read it online at
www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed425049.html.

"School Size in Chicago Elementary Schools: Effects on Teachers'
Attitudes and Students' Achievement," by Valerie E. Lee and Susanna
Loeb, published in American Educational Research Journal in
spring 2000.

"High School Size: Effects on Budgets and Performance in New York
City," by Leanna Stiefel, Patrice Iatarola, Norm Fruchter, and Robert
Berne, published in spring 2000 in Educational Evaluation and
Policy Analysis.

Small Schools: Big Imaginations, a book-length report
published by the Chicago-based Cross City Campaign for Urban School
Reform in 1998 and edited by Michelle Fine.

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